Half to charles joly



(No Model.)

B. L. LLOYD.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

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EDWIN L. LLOYD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- [IALF TOCHARLES JOLY, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,181, dated August25, 1885.

Am lication filed June 11, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. LLOYD, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Bottle-Stoppers, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of bottlestoppers in which the top ofthe wire bail bears upon the top of the stopper, the detaching of lo thelatter from the bail being prevented by means of a yoke formed on orsecured to the top of the stopper.

The object of my invention is to so construct such a device as tofacilitate the application of the stopper to the mouth of the bottle andto prevent accidental loosening of the bail.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of part of theneck of a bottle with a stopper closing the mouth of the same, and

constructed in accordance with my invention Fig. 2, a similar viewshowing the bottle open 5 Fig. 3, a view showing how the stopper is applied to the mouth of the bottle; Fig. 4, a perspective view of thestopper and neck of the bottle, the parts being in the position shown inFig. 1; Fig. 5, a plan view also showing the parts in the same positionas in Fig. 1; and Figs. 6 and 7, views similar to Fig. 1, but showingmodified forms of the wire bail.

A represents partof the neck of a bottle, and B the stopper, which hasthe usual rubber gasket or cap, a, adapted to close the mouth of thebottle, the body of the stopper having a rounded top, above which is asegmental 5 yoke, 'b, the opposite ends of the latter being connected tothe opposite sides of the body of the stopper above the cap or gasket a.The bail has the usual side bars, d, hung at the lower ends to eyes onthe neck-wire f, or other- 0 wise pivoted at their lower ends in anydesired manner. The top portion of the bail is bent, as shown in Figs. 4and 5, so as to form a loop, 9, extending forward beyond the side bars,(I, of the bail, and between the loop and said side 4 5 bars, d, of thebail intervene the return bends 1, whereby a certain amount ofelasticity is imparted to the retaining-loop g, the side bars of whichare bent so as to form projections h, adapted to a recess, m, in the topof the stopper, as shown in Fig. 1. The projecting loop 9 permits thestopper to assume a position considerably in advance of the side bars ofthe bai I, thereby facilitating the ready application of the stopper tothe mouth of the bottle, as shown in Fig. 3, and overcoming an objectionto ordinary retainers of this class, in which the bail is carriedstraight across from one side bar to the other, as in such retainers theapplication of the stopper to the mouth of the bottle is hampered by theretainer, unless the yoke is carried beyond the limits of the stopper,and this is objectionable. The extent of movement of the stopperindependently of the bail is further increased by bending upward theforward end of the loop g, as shown inFi g. 8, the character of the bailbeing such that the stopper can be fully sea-ted in the mouth of thebottle while still free from the downward pressure of the bail.

Owing to the bearing of the projections h of the bail in the recess minthe top of the stopper when the latter is secured, as shown in Fig. 1,said stopper is locked in position and accidental displacementprevented, the rearward movement of the bail necessitating the rise ofthe loop 9, and thus demanding the ap plication to the side bars of thehail of more force than is likely to be exerted accidently. The bailmay, if desired, be constructed as shown in Fig. (i-that is to say, withthe bends 1' below the top or bearin g portion g of the bail; but it ispreferable to make said bends above the bearing portion, as in this casethey serve to retain the stopper in its central position on the bail, sothat it can be readily applied to the mouth of the bottle. In theabsence of this provision the stopper is likely to slip over onto one orthe. other of the side bars of the bail, thus necessitating itsrestoration to acentral position before it can be applied to the mouthof the bottle, and thereby interfering with the rapid stoppering of thebottles. The bends need not necessarily, however, be such as shown inFig. 1; they may, for instance, be formed in the retaining portion 9 ofthe bail, as shown in Fig. 7, and still perform their proper function.In the latter case the stopper may have a simple rounded top, and theloop 9 may be flat, the bearing of the loop upon the stopper being atthe cross bar and at the opposite ends of the loop.

1 claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the stopper having a yokewith the bail having side bars, and a top loop bearing on the stopperand projecting in advance of the side bars of the bail, as set forth.

2. The combination of the stopper having a yoke with the bail havingside bars, and a top' bearing-loop projecting in advance of said sidebars, and having that portion in advance of the bearing bent upward, asspecified.

3. The combination of the stopper having a yoke and a recess, m, withthe bail having side bars, and a top bearing-loop projecting in advanceof said side bars, and having projections 71, adapted to the recess m,as set forth.

4. The combination of the stopper having a yoke with the bail havingside bars, a top bearing-loop projecting in advance of the bars,

and opposite return-bends, as specified.

5. The combination of the stopper having a yoke with the bail havingside bars, a top bearing portion projecting in advance of said bars, andopposite projections i, extending above the bearing portion, so as toengage with the yoke and retain the stopper centrally on the bail, asspecified.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed mynaine to'this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDYVIN L. LLOYD.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. PARKER, HARRY SMITH.

